The Faux "Poor"

What does the government consider "poverty level"?  $45,000-a-year or below?

This sort of thing kind of gets to me---those who are clinically "poverty level" and, as such, are eligible for benefits like SNAP (food stamps/EBT), Medicaid, subsidized housing, and what-have-you

....yet they can still afford to finance brand-new $80,000 S.U.V.s, $1200 phones with 5G, home internet, cable/satellite TV .....

Why are such swanky proles considered in the same category as those making $1200-a-month or less than $1000-a-month?